Princeton NJ Events

The Origins of Bastille Day, Alliance Francaise

Saturday November 15, 2025
11:00 AM

All Saints Church, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton. allianceprinceton.com.

Jean-Baptiste Berthelin offers a French history workshop in English. Analyze the main characters, developments and outcome of the events taking place on July 14th, 1789. Additionally, the class provides a historical perspective and explains how it became the symbol of France's "fete nationale." Last of three workshops. Register. $60.

Inami Woodcarving Talk + Demo with Master Carver Nambu Hakuun @ACP

Saturday November 15, 2025
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Afternoon celebrating one of Japan's most intricate and enduring craft traditions: Inami woodcarving. Nambu Hakuun, one of Inami's foremost master carvers, introduces audiences to this 250-year-old art form through a lecture, a live demonstration of the carving process, and an interactive Q&A.

ACP'S Artist Winter Village at Hinds Plaza

Saturday November 15, 2025
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Our artist winter village makes local shopping easier and more creative than ever! These festive pop-up shops, run by talented regional creatives, offer fun and unique gifts in cozy textiles, jewelry, hand-poured candles, charming children’s wear, pottery, wood, and so much more. Shop directly from makers working to bring us small business-driven joy!

Hours: From November 13 through December 21, four Chalets will be open for business Thursday through Sunday, 12-6pm. In addition to the Chalets, ten additional artists will join the village on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-4pm. Vendors change each week!

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Pie Tasting @Terhune's

Saturday November 15, 2025
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pie Tasting Weekend returns on November 15 and 16. Join us to sample a variety of delicious pies. We’ll have rows of pies in our wine barn; the smell will be divine! Come taste the pies of your choice and pick your favorite(s) to order for the holidays. A portion of proceeds will benefit HomeFront and Project Freedom. $10 per person includes one tasting of 15 types of pie Terhune has to offer. Winery will be open in the orchard for tastings and live music 12-5pm.

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Winery Weekend Music Series, Terhune's

Saturday November 15, 2025
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Spend November weekends at Terhune Orchards Vineyard & Winery, Saturdays and Sundays from 12–5 p.m. Enjoy award-winning Terhune wines by the glass or in a tasting flight, paired with light fare and café favorites. Starting November 21st, we’ll have the fire pits out and hot mulled wine available. Kids can join the fun too with s’mores and hot cocoa kits. From 1–4 p.m., relax to live music by local artists, with styles ranging from jazz and blues to folk and rock. A perfect way to savor autumn afternoons.

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Artist Reception @Morpeth Contemporary

Saturday November 15, 2025
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Christine Lafuente - City and Sea Paintings of Brooklyn, Maine, and Venice

November 15 - 30, 2025

RECEPTION: Saturday, November 15, 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Christine Lafuente’s upcoming exhibition, City and Sea, introduces bodies of work created from new vantage points in Venice, Italy, and Brooklyn, NY, where she lives and keeps a studio throughout the year. Alongside these new oils and watercolors are seascapes from the coast of Maine where Lafuente returns annually to paint en plein air and gather visual experiences to later scale up into large seascapes in her Brooklyn studio.

43 West Broad St Hopewell NJ 08525

Mad Science presents "Wacky Science", Princeton Public Library

Saturday November 15, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Be amazed by the wacky things you can do using the magic of science! Mad Science will teach about polymers using slime and demonstrate the zany attributes of static electricity and dry ice.

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Meet the Marquis de Lafayette, D&R Greenway Land Trust

Saturday November 15, 2025
2:00 PM

Discovery Center at Point Breeze, 101 East Park Street, Bordentown. www.drgreenway.org.

Walk back in time and experience the French character of the Marquis de Lafayette, as reenacted by Richard Moody, and learn about his hero's tour of the United States from 1824-1825. During that tour he visited his friend Joseph Bonaparte at Point Breeze twice. On September 26, 1824, Lafayette visited Joseph Bonaparte at his estate in Bordentown. The next day he was welcomed into Philadelphia with a massive parade. He visited Point Breeze a second time on July 18, 1825. Register. $10 donation.

Drop Dead!, Kelsey Theatre

Saturday November 15, 2025
2:00 PM

2 and 8pm

The Yardley Players

When a cast of has-been actors attempt to revive their careers in this full-length comedic murder mystery, "Drop Dead!" directed by "Wonder Child of the Broadway Stage" Victor Le Pewe, side-splitting antics ensue. The set falls apart, props break, and the producer and an actor meet an untimely demise ... but the show must go on. And so it does. Even as the curtain opens for the cast's debut performance, the murders continue and the play goes incredibly wrong. It's up to the remaining thespians to save the show, their careers, solve the mystery and stay alive for curtain calls.

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Jersey Harmony Chorus Presents: JHS MIXTAPE FRIENDS 4 EVER

Saturday November 15, 2025
3:00 PM

All Saints Church - 16 All Saints Road, Princeton NJ 08540 Tickets: $26 online, $30 at the door https://jerseyharmony.ticketspice/mixtape

Love a good harmony? Join us for an afternoon with Jersey Harmony Chorus as we celebrate friendship with music from across the decades. Come for the harmonies, and the songs, and the refreshments after the show. Tickets online (the best deal) or at the door. Jersey Harmony Chorus is a competitive, four-part harmony, a capella all women’s chorus. We perform in barbershop and other styles, and sing a range of popular music from all eras.